U.S. Department of Justice: Tornado Cash co-founders were aware of money laundering and profited from the mixer

🇺🇸 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has detailed accusations against Tornado Cash's co-founders, suggesting they were complicit in money 🧺 laundering and profited from the cryptocurrency mixer.

🔨 The DOJ refutes the defense’s argument that co-founder Roman Storm was merely coding without charging for the mixer’s services.

✔️ According to prosecutors, both Storm and his colleague Roman Semenov were aware of and facilitated the laundering operations, continuing to promote Tornado Cash despite this.

🤔 The DOJ also highlighted that the majority of users accessed the service through its official website, which was under the developers' control. They argue that 🌪 Tornado Cash was operated as a commercial venture that financially benefited its creators, challenging the notion that it was a non-profit endeavor merely providing a 🕶 privacy tool.